Veterans on war path over pensions

ANGRY veterans and retired military pensioners are threatening to accost Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the street in western Sydney and protest at her Rooty Hill hotel over the government's refusal to support a more generous indexation of their pensions.

In an unsigned email call to protest, retired military personnel were told to gather at Rooty Hill RSL daily and to "harass" Ms Gillard during any street walks.

"At some stage the PM will be doing a street walk or visit a shopping centre. This will be a perfect opportunity to confront her," the email stated.

"Follow her and shout out the same question." The email then warned: "Do not become violent."

President of the NSW RSL Don Rowe condemned the protest and said the email's sender

was "gutless" for not listing their name.

In a second ambush, Tony Abbott will also crash the

show with train station pamphlet handouts accusing Ms Gillard of a string of broken promises.

The prospect of a Mark Latham-John Howard handshake moment also looms with the two leaders set to cross paths at the Rooty Hill RSL tomorrow morning. The Prime Minister and Mr Abbott will conduct live interviews for Channel 9's Today Show.

As the PM's five-day tour threatens to become a media circus, Channel 7's Sunrise and Channel 9 and Radio 2GB will broadcast from the RSL.

candidates will also man train stations across Western Sydney on Monday to distribute a pamphlet warning Julia Gillard can't be trusted, and accusing her of pamphlet to be handed out at train stations accuses the Prime Minister of eighteen broken promises.

"Ten days before the last Federal Election, Julia Gillard visited Rooty Hill and spoke to the people of Western Sydney about the promises she said were "at the heart of this election campaign"," the pamphlet states.

"Two and a half years later, Julia Gillard is back in Western Sydney and she needs to explain how she got it so wrong!.

"As the people of Western Sydney already know, Julia Gillard says one thing before an election and then does another thing after it. "Julia Gillard needs to apologise to the people of Western Sydney for the 18 promises she made in Rooty Hill and then broke."